Incubator egg tray



Jan., 9, 1923.

INCUBATOR EGG TRAY.

FILED DEcQ. 1921.

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A TTORNE Y.

v "iteol dan. Ell,

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" Application filed .'lleceinber 6, 1921. Serial 11o. Mimet To all 'whomv it wmp concern.'

.le it known that ive, llenar Eloi-renon- 'rnnnn and doi-in' @Gruner-riverine, citizens .oi the United States and ltussia, resjgiectively, residing at Friend, in the county oit Saline and State oif-Nehraska, have invented certain new and useful lniproveinents in lincuhator Egg rllrays, ot which the following is a specification. lhis invention relates to incubator trays, and has tor one oi? its objects to provide a simply constructed device o1' this character of improved construction and increasei'l. elliciency and utility.

Another object oi the invention is to provide a device of this character constructed wholly of nietal and of easily separable parts so that renewal and repairs can he easily nia-de and the parts readily cleansed and disiniliected. i lllith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features ot construction as hereinafter shown and descrihedand then. speciically pointed out in the claims, andin the drawings illustrative oit the preferred embodiment oil' the invention Figure 1 is a plain view ot the device coinplete.

llig. 2 isa transverse section on the line 2 2 et 1.

lig. is an enlarged sectional detail illustrating the construction more tullv.

lfis'. 4; a plan view, enlarged, ot portions ot the egg hol ding1 cups illustrating the construction. i i

lling. 5 is a perspective view, enlarged, of one ot the holding# cups in disconnected or nncoupled position.

ll'ig. G is a view ot one ot the 1olanlrs troni which the ein; cups are constructed. The iiniiiroved device includes an open ilraine, pre'lferalilv o'l'v sheet metal.. and having; vertical Walls 110` and an inwardly directed ledcqje` il. at the lower edge.

Bearing at their ends upon the ledges l l at the. sides oft the 'traine are a plurality el' supporting liars, one at each end and the niainder at uniformly spaced relation lietween the ence.

llfacli liar is termed iroin a single strip ot ine-tal lient into lll-shape tr: ersely to lorui a. trough shape-d portion la. and with the outer portions et the sides lient laterally in i opposite directions to 'torintlat seats 13.

` liluplgiorted upon the seats 13 are a pluralu ity oil? tray devices each iforilied irorn perforated sheet nictal and. represented as a whole at 111 and with downturned edges 15 to engage in the trough shaped portions 12, as shown in 3.

By this means the tray ineinhers are eliifectually supported not only 'from down.- ivard but .trein lateral displacement, While at the saine time any individual tray section inay lie removed or inserted Without interilierinej With the remaining sections, or a broken or impaired section easily renewed.

it sonic point around the main traine one of the tray sections is Wanting, and its place occirpied 'oy a swinging door device 16 to provide access tothe space below the tray sections.

The door section 16 is formed with one edge turned over as shovvn at 17, and adapted to receive pintle rod 18, the latter snpported in ears 19 lient inwardly from the adjacent ivall 10 et the traine.

rlfhe turned over portion 1T* oit the door is oi su'llicient length so that ivhen the door ineinloer is in "full open position, as shown 1n 'dott-ed lines in llipg. 2, the door will drop by gravity until the liend oli the portion 17 rests on the adjacent portion of the ledge 11 and thus supports the door in open position and requires the latter to he lifted bOdily before it can lie closed. rlllie door may thus he quie lv disposed in open position with very lit .e ellort, hut requires to he elevated hodily heitere it can he closed. I

The holding' cups each. conuirise a hand 2O preferably ot pertorated metal, and leent to contorni in outline to an egg' and constructed as shown more particularly in Fig. 5. lacli hand is reduced at the ends with ears 21 extending1 troni eachend oli the reduced portion, and when the ears interlap as shown l:in Fig. l, they can he tolded over the adjal t edges of the hand lily this nieans simply constructed. lock joint is formed lor the terminals oi the lia-nd.

llt the center ol' the hand at the. side opposite to the terminals just described, the hand `is iori'ned with tivo tongues 22 and .in spaced relation at each edge and formed in the edges ot each hand at one end is an ear 24h while a recess L5 is toi-med in each edge of the hand at the opposite end.

`'llhe hands or cups are adapted to loe coupled in sets as indicated in Fig. t, and each set enclosed in a supporting traine E36.

The side earsQQ and 23 and the end ears 24 o' the outer cups are bent over the upper and lower edges of the traine, to couple the frame to the sets of cups, while the ears 21 and 23 .are bent over `the adjacent yedges ot the cups, to couple the cups to the traine and to each other.

The traine QG-is widened at .the ends to form runners to hold the nests of cups above the surfaces of Athe members 14.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be constructed lwholly of metal, and of any size and 'oilany number of seetions.

The `preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed vin the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood thatinodiications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of `the Ainvention or sacrificing any y et its advantages.

Having thus described the :i nvention, what is claimed as new is zl. An incubator tray device coulprising an open frame having inwardly directed ledges, Supportsin spaced relation kand bearing upon said ledges, each support `being; bent into `U- shape transversely with the terminals of the sides directed outwardly ,to `forni seats, a plurality'olt tray members of perforated inetal supported von said seats `and with downturned margins engaging in the trough shaped interiorof the supports.

perforated sheet metal with downturned edges, certain ol` said edges havinglr L-shaped slots, and a support including an L-shaped portion with which said slots engage.

3. In an inrubator, a plurality ot supports in 'U-shape transversely with side portions bent laterally to torni horizontal s `ats, and tray units each formed ol perforated sheet nietal with downturned edges to engage hetween the sides oi" the U-shaljied supports and bearing on the seats oli the saine. certain of said downturi'ied edges having; L-shaped slots to engage over one side portion oli the U- shaped support and one of its seat portions.

inwardly direi-ted ledges, a plurality of supports bearing upon said ledges` tr y sections bearing upon said supports. a rod supported by said traine and spat-,eil i'roin one oi'" said ledges, and .ft door member with one edge turned over and engaging; over said rod to inovably couple the door thereto.

5. lin an iiunbator, an egg turning tray Comprising," a plurality o'lE Acup devices lor supporting` the individual eggs each formed from a sheet ot metal, strip having lwndable ears at the sides and ends, and adapted to be bent over the frame and over the edges of the adjacent cups.

In testimony whereof, `we allix our signatures hereto.

HENRY SC l AE CI l ',l lflli Llll. JOHN SCHAEOUTERlil).

A, unit 'tor an incubator tray formed of a. ln an incubator, an open traine. ha ving 

